70 Plus Ski Club

07/01/2024

Good start for the 70+ Vermont Ski Fest at Okemo!

10/12/2023

100 plusser Herb Elfring on Wall Street Journal front page!

05/12/2023

33 days until the 70+ Vermont Ski Fest at Okemo. Check out current the conditions from Pat Moore

04/07/2023

Love it! Happy 4th of July!

This holiday weekend, skiers are getting the rare chance to rep their best stars and stripes on the slopes. NBC News’ Maggie Vespa shares more on the rare snowy summer condition on California’s Mammoth Mountain.

11/01/2023

Too much of a good thing for 70+ skiers in Mammoth this week! (70plusser interviewed in video.)

New storm drops major snow on Northern Californian ski slopes.

16/07/2022

Best Wishes to George!

George Jedenoff, the world’s oldest living skier, celebrated his 105th birthday this week on 5th July, 2022. Mr Jedenoff began skiing more than six decades ago after a move to Utah and was still skiing there until at least age 103. However he told Stanford Business School, from where he graduated ...

18/01/2022

Happy to be in Michigan for 70+ Midwest Ski Fest (3-days)!

09/01/2022

70+ arriving in Lake Tahoe today.

01/09/2021

Lake Tahoe ski resort uses snow-making machines against wildfire

19/08/2021

It's coming!

FIRST SNOW of the season is happening right now at the top of Banff Sunshine Village👍🏼 📸-Banff Sunshine Village

25/01/2021

Bear Chases Skier..Yikes! (Romania)

Bear chasing a skier down a hill, not sure where this is, but will sure make you go faster !

09/01/2021

Serious effort to keep guests and employees safe.

HUNTER, N.Y. (NEWS10) – After closing on Jan. 5 due to a COVID-related staffing issue, Hunter Mountain says they are reopening on Friday, Jan. 8. In a Facebook post on Jan. 5, Hunter said tha…

27/12/2020

Ugh..thankfully no injuries!

Belleayre Mountain Ski Center announced on Sunday that they are back open after an avalanche on Christmas Day caused severe damage to their lodge. In a post on their page, they say that five trails and four lifts are open, with continuous grooming on other trails for further use. PREVIOUS:A...

16/12/2020

A new 70+ Newsletter in the mail and a nor’easter in the same week – coincidence or just a great week? Let it snow! ⛷

15/12/2020

New travel rules in effect for visitors to Aspen https://covid19.pitkincounty.com/travel-affidavit/

Travel Affidavit Pitkin County Traveler Affidavit Requirement Pitkin County has enacted new travel orders to protect our community this winter as the ski season ramps up and travelers come from across the country. Effective December 14, 2020, all travelers coming to Pitkin County must complete an on...

14/12/2020

"Finally got through after 4 weeks of calls!" No hard feelings - love my pass - see you on the slopes!

  EAGLE — Vail Resorts CEO Rob Katz apologized in an email to passholders Friday for what he called “unacceptable” wait times for customers seeking help. “Weighing heavily on my mind is the frustration I...

27/05/2020

Just as some US ski resorts start to re-open...

It will not open for the 2020 season due to the Coronavirus pandemic.

05/05/2020

New use for Snowmaker!

Italian Alps firefighters and sanitation workers have come up with a new solution to fight the spread of coronavirus - the use of snow cannons from the ski slopes to spray disinfectant around the local villages.

23/04/2020

Some good news...

You can ski again at Mount Baldy. It’s the first resort to open up since closing down a month ago because of coronavirus restrictions. But Wednesday San Bernardino County leaders softened restrictions for several outdoor activities. “The amount of happy faces we’ve seen today kind of says it a...

16/03/2020

This season going downhill fast...

Editor’s note: This post has been updated with new information on the closing of additional resorts. The post was originally published on March 14, 2020, and as the author notes, “It’s been all downhill from there.” As the news about coronavirus (Covid-19) continues to spread like the virus ...

06/03/2020

Great deal for skiers age 80+ ($49) – Get one before they are gone!

Vail Resorts announced today that they will be offering a new ski pass for the 2020/21 season. The pass, Northeast Value Pass, gives you access to Vail’s East Coast resorts with a mix of unre…

11/02/2020

Looking Forward to a Great Race and Fun day at Ski Butternut Tomorrow (Wednesday)!!

Ski Butternut is the ultimate destination this weekend - watch our Mountain Update to find out why!

05/01/2020

70+ members and guests from 11 states and Canada arriving at Okemo today for our annual 70+ Vermont Ski Fest. Look for us in the Round House every morning! ⛷

22/11/2019

Jake Burton RIP. At a time when skiing was in decline, snowboarding brought a lot of new people to the slopes and arguably saved the industry.

The snowboard pioneer passed away after a battle with cancer. He was 65.

15/11/2019

Another Vermont ski resort is set to be acquired by a large ski conglomerate: Sugarbush Resort in Warren will be bought by Alterra Mountain Company, the